GHSA-hv96-xxx2-5v7w

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hv96-xxx2-5v7w
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2019/02/GHSA-hv96-xxx2-5v7w/GHSA-hv96-xxx2-5v7w.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-hv96-xxx2-5v7w
Aliases
  • CVE-2016-10588
Published
2019-02-18T23:51:04Z
Modified
2023-11-08T03:58:14.344384Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Downloads Resources over HTTP in nw
Details

Affected versions of nw insecurely download an executable over an unencrypted HTTP connection.

In scenarios where an attacker has a privileged network position, it is possible to intercept the response and replace the executable with a malicious one, resulting in code execution on the system running nw.

Recommendation

Update to version 0.23.6-1 or later.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-311"
    ],
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:40:58Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "severity": "HIGH"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / nw

Package

Name
nw
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Purl
pkg:npm/nw

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.23.6-1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2019/02/GHSA-hv96-xxx2-5v7w/GHSA-hv96-xxx2-5v7w.json"
last_known_affected_version_range 
"<= 0.23.6-sdk"